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Richard Deacon
Born 1922-05-14Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows on The Dick Van Dyke Show (as milksop producer Mel Cooley) and Leave It to Beaver (as Lumpy's self-aggrandizing father Fred Rutherford). He also had minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Screen work
Movies & roles
The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyCity CouncilmanBad MannersTicket SalesmanThe Unpredictable Pudgy!HimselfThe Awakening of CassieRoleNo Man's ValleyPanda (voice)The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodJoseph RottmanMurder Can Hurt You!Mr. BurniceThe Gossip ColumnistDirectorSteve Martin: Comedy Is Not PrettyKing of Cey WhatPiranhaEarl LyonGetting MarriedWedding DirectorRabbit TestFirst NewscasterThe Man from Clover GroveCharlie StrangeArsenic and Old LaceMr. WitherspoonLady in CementArnie SherwinThe Narco MenRecords ClerkThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandCharlie WrennBlackbeard's GhostDean WheatonThe King's PirateSwaineThe Gnome-MobileRalph YarbyEnter LaughingPikeLt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Survival Manual NarratorDon't Worry, We'll Think of a TitleMr. Travis / Police ChiefBilliePrincipal Arnold Wilson